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re: OT Parenting Question: How would you respond to this situation with a 10 year old boy?
Posted on 2/27/24 at 4:23 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Posted on 2/27/24 at 4:23 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 2/27/24 at 4:23 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Make him smoke an entire carton of cigarettes in one sitting
Posted on 2/27/24 at 4:45 pm to StringedInstruments
Pretty sure each generation has done something similar.
Our candy was made specifically to pretend these things. It used to be candy cigarettes and big league chew.
Our candy was made specifically to pretend these things. It used to be candy cigarettes and big league chew.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 4:56 pm to StringedInstruments
I’d be more pissed at the school for over reacting.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 5:22 pm to StringedInstruments
Posted on 2/27/24 at 5:26 pm to Smeg
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When I was a kid, you could point your finger like a gun and go "BLAM" and not get in trouble
A couple of years ago my 10 year old brought the used bullet casing from the bullet he used to shoot his first deer with him to school. Luckily the teacher was reasonable and held it for him the rest of the day and told him not to bring it back. Thank God that there are still some people that don’t make mountains out of mole hills.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 5:34 pm to boxcarbarney
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Tell him to knock it off, then wonder why school admins are wasting school time and resources on such nonsense.
Same. My 8-year-old got in trouble for making a gun sign at another kid. They got me on the phone to tell me how serious it was. I could understand if he were old enough for a gun sign to be seen as an actual threat, but he’s 8 and goes to a safe school. Stop wasting time on stuff like this.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 5:40 pm to StringedInstruments
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My son (10) got in trouble for pretending to vape with a lemonade flavoring packet today at school. He and his buddies were being dumbasses at the lunch table.
When I was your son’s age we were at the lunch table enjoying lighting up one of these after finishing our school pizza, tatter tots, and chocolate milk.
But that was before the pussification of Amercia took hold.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 5:43 pm to StringedInstruments
Put a boot in his arse, it’s the American way!!!!
Posted on 2/27/24 at 5:46 pm to StringedInstruments
Tell him pretending to vape with a lemonade flavoring packet is just as deadly as smoking cigarettes.
Kid was just screwing around. No big deal.
Kid was just screwing around. No big deal.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 6:10 pm to StringedInstruments
Good grief...
Not that big a deal...
Tell him not to that again...
Move on.
Not that big a deal...
Tell him not to that again...
Move on.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 6:12 pm to StringedInstruments
Send him to school with a couple of packs of candy cigs
Posted on 2/27/24 at 6:15 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Make him smoke an entire carton of cigarettes in one sitting
None of sissy filter stuff. Lucky Strike, pall mall or Camels.
It’ll help build up that character index.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 6:18 pm to StringedInstruments
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Right...I should have included this. It's an issue with him wanting to fit in. The only time he ever gets in trouble is when he does something to impress others. It's rare he has issues at school or anywhere really.
Sounds like a good, normal kid. I’d cuff him in the head and tell him to quit being a meathead.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 6:27 pm to StringedInstruments
shite my buddies were already on Marlboro Reds at 10
Posted on 2/27/24 at 6:31 pm to StringedInstruments
Take him to an arport that still has those glass walls for smokers... And tell him not to be a dumbas like those people
Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:02 pm to StringedInstruments
I would be sympathetic. Educators are so poor at their jobs now that they seek out any excuse to distract themselves from that which they are failing at: academics. I would explain that, and encourage him to be more serious about whatever profession or vocation he might ultimately choose.
This explanation is bound to disappoint a 10-year-old, who probably expected more from his teachers, so I would deliver it gently. I would follow it with an admonition to learn to work effectively with such cowardly mental midgets. Depending on my son's intelligence and maturity, I might even put a Machiavellian spin on things: these people suck, but that's just the human condition, and you can use it to your advantage.
I might even go on to explain how my son's experience was a microcosm of some of America' most profound failures. Think about it: we have a government that can never hope to cover its debts, and yet it wastes its time and energy on frivolities: Ukraine, anti-vaping campaigns, etc.
These are righteous frivolities, but they are frivolous nonetheless- just like the things teachers have distracted themselves with, ever since we allowed women and their precious Yankee government to take over education. This is the sad reality in which we must live, but, again: there is power in recognizing it exactly.
This explanation is bound to disappoint a 10-year-old, who probably expected more from his teachers, so I would deliver it gently. I would follow it with an admonition to learn to work effectively with such cowardly mental midgets. Depending on my son's intelligence and maturity, I might even put a Machiavellian spin on things: these people suck, but that's just the human condition, and you can use it to your advantage.
I might even go on to explain how my son's experience was a microcosm of some of America' most profound failures. Think about it: we have a government that can never hope to cover its debts, and yet it wastes its time and energy on frivolities: Ukraine, anti-vaping campaigns, etc.
These are righteous frivolities, but they are frivolous nonetheless- just like the things teachers have distracted themselves with, ever since we allowed women and their precious Yankee government to take over education. This is the sad reality in which we must live, but, again: there is power in recognizing it exactly.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:10 pm to StringedInstruments
I’m in my early 40s and when I was 10 or so we all brought candy cigarettes to school and would pretend to smoke them at the lunch table.
Teachers would laugh at us.
I really don’t know what to tell you. I would not punish him that’s for sure.
Teachers would laugh at us.
I really don’t know what to tell you. I would not punish him that’s for sure.
This post was edited on 2/27/24 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:15 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I’m in my early 40s and when I was 10 or so we all brought candy cigarettes to school and would pretend to smoke them at the lunch table. Teachers would laugh at us.
Bc it wasn’t that very long ago when it was legal to smoke on airplanes
Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:22 pm to StringedInstruments
What kind of trouble?
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